History
The original club was established in Nowawes, a settlement which would become first part of Babelsberg and then of Potsdam. In 1919, following World War I, ''SC Jungendkraft'' merged with ''Fußball-Club Fortuna 1905 Nowawes'' to form ''Sportverein 03 Nowawes''. German football was re-organized in 1933 under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight divisions known as Gauligen. Following a second-place finish in a 1935 promotion playoff, ''SV'' was promoted to the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg, but struggled through three seasons there until being relegated in 1938. On 1 April 1938, the club became ''SV 03 Neubabelsberg'' when their home village adopted a new name. In August 1939 they merged with ''FC Sportfreunde Potsdam'' to become ''Sportvereinigung Potsdam''. The team finished poorly in a promotion playoff in 1940 and did not re-join top flight competition until 1943, earning a third-place finish in 1943–44. Play in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg came to an end part way through the 1944–45 season as Allied forces rolled through Germany.Postwar play in East Germany
The disbanded club was re-formed in 1948 as ''SG Karl Marx Babelsberg'' by its one-time membership and on 1 August 1949 they were joined by ''SG Drewitz'' which had been established 4 December 1948. On 6 December 1950, they were renamed '' BSG Motor Babelsberg'' which went on to become '' SV Babelsberg 03'' in late 1991 in a re-unified Germany.References
*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag